The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-08-12
NEWS AND OTHER NOriNGS.

in swelling OF the bronchial tubes.
Thomas Bean. 20 years old. a bachelor.
and worth 81. .OO0. 900 died near Benham, Tex,
the other day surrounded by negroes. who
had been his only companions since they
were his slaves.
"A negro living near Calera, Ala, let
ratt!esnake bite him for straw hat worth
10 cents. he put blue clay poultice on the
wound, swallowed some plug tobacco, and
next day started of for camp meeti ng with
the new hat slanted oyer his left ear.
In Connecticut the country folks have a
weather indicator in the spider. Although
the morning clouds may be threatening il he
spreads his web out to the breeze 1t shows
that the prospects for fair day are good.
The 'siRn" Is said almost invariably TO be
correct.
Jefferson Davis and Thomas L. Cling
man. OF North Carolina. are the only ex-
Senators now Lying of all the Southern
members OF that body who, in July. 1861,
were expelled from the United States Senate
for having left their seats and gone over to
the Confederacy.
AT Yellowstone, Wis. few days since
ing to pick up a board from the tall grass,
was bitten on the finger by a IattIesnake.
BE had Ratchet in his hand at the time,
and with one blow amputated his finger and
then cut the snake to pieces.
AT Parkersburg. w. Va, a little LIE g
boy found aD old liquor barrel. and amused
him self by dropping lighted matches
through the vent hole. Presently there was
an explosion. and the boy and barrel were
blown into the branches of a neIghborIng
tree. The boy was badly hurt and the bar
rel ruined.
AT the Fourth OF July celebration In
Danyiile, Ill, the wife OF Methodist minis
ter won IS yards OF CARPET by exhibiting a
family of IS children, II OF them under 81
years OF age; and Miss Maggie Lingenfeltsr
won fine dress pattern py Harvesting
ho.se and hitching him to a buoy in less
than two minutes
"A Tennessee farmer whose land was
under mortgage and about to be taken AWAY
from him fell on bis knees In the field In
prayer. When he got 10 he seized the
handles with a new grip, gave the old mule
vigorous lick, and before be had gone 20
feet he turned up Jug with over 5000 in
gold and silver in II.
Major Black, of Sumter, Ca, owned a
guinea hen That wanted to Sit Her nest
was broken up several times, and at length,
with every appearance OF feItreme detection,
she walked to the well, flew up on the curb
Ing, and. with a rasping cry. plunged head
first into the water. When she was taken
out sne a as dead
"A young German carpenter was married
20 . pretty BonemIa. oI-I - Omaha tho
other day after SIX months courtship, which
must have been conducted entirely in pan
tomime. as neither can speak a work of the
others language. The services of an in
terpreter were needed at the alter, but the
young couple seemed as happy as If they had
talked sweet nothings into each others ears
al their life time
The fact is noted that, in climates hay
ing difference of 30 degrees In temperature
between the hot and cold seasons, a railroad
track of the length of 400 miles is some 1888
yards longer in summer than in winter; that
is though of course the length OF road re-
mains the same, expansion forces the metal
closer together, making an aggregate closing
up of space between the rails Of nearly q
yard in each mile.
Elisha A. WeIch, the original yankee
clock" man, died on Monday. a week at
Orestvile, Conn, aged %. His 21st birth
day came Oh q Sunday and the next morn
ing he started ID business for himself, with
two employees, making clock4. His goods
were peddled all over the country fifty years
ago. and from two the number of his en-
pIoyes reached 1000. He leaves an estate
estimated at over s. 900 900.
-JanesYille Wis. is in an uproar Of ex-
element over the elopement OF Rev. D. Sey-
mour, pastor OF the Methodist Episcopal
and Mrs. Fanny }. Henry, wife Of
J. 4. Henry. editor OF the Argus. Both
parties are prominent IN society and relg-
ious matters. Seymour was considered the
ablest Methodist preacher ever In James
vile. Mrs. Henry has for years been the
organist and leading member Of the church
"A queer marriage is reported from
Thornville, o. The parties are Mr.. Charles
Love, Jr., and Miss Sarah Lawrence. The
curious feature In the marriage is found in
the age of the couple, the bride being over
81 and the groom but %. This makes a diff
ference Of As Years In their ages, but makes
no difference in their love. The bride weighs
237 pounds and is as rich as CIesus, while
the groom weighs bot no pounds and Is as
poor as Lazarus.
OF the $500. 600 bushels OF peanuts
raised in 1886, worth about S3. 900, 900, Vir-
ginia raised in about half q dozen counties
in the southeastern corner of the State O.
500 900 bushels, or hye-sevenths. 1t is
claimed By j. w. Johnston, OF Richmo ond,
Va, that for fodder the vines are nearly
equal to clover hay. Hogs will fattcn Oh the
nuts left on the ground Peanuts re- Ia ised
OF wheat proftably.
Additional adVIces from the town OF
Millbrook, Kas., which was struck by a
cyclone last Thursday evening. are to the
effect that the place was practically demoI-
ished, 70 buildings, including hotels, school
houses, churches, stores and residences,
being wholly or nearly destroyed. The
losses foot up eos, geo, The people are in
great distress, and a relief committee has
been organized to solicit aid for the families
whose homes were swept away.
The Brooklyn city directory has the
names Of George Washington, Iaborer
Thomas Jefferson, painter; John Adams,
bricklayer James Madison. cooper James
Monroe, cutter John Q. Adams, fruiterer;
Andrew Jackson. engineer, Martin Van
Buren. truck driver; William Henry Har-
son. grocer; John Tyler, halter; James
Polk. druggist f; Zach Taylor, moulder